🌬️ Aurora Cave

New Zealand · Oceania · 45.30°S, 167.70°E

Aurora Cave is a limestone cave, part of the Te Ana-au Caves in Fiordland, in the South Island of New Zealand on the western side of a deep glacial trough containing Lake Te Anau. Aurora Cave is separated by a sump from Te Ana-au Cave. The cave has been formed by the Tunnel Burn, which drains from Lake Orbell in the Takahe valley. Aurora Cave is 267 metres deep and 6 km. long. Around 1988, a subfossil of an extinct species of frog were discovered. It was named the Aurora frog.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	45.30°S, 167.70°E · view on map

Aurora Cave is located in New Zealand, in Oceania.

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